Combined rail-joint and tie



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COMBINED RAIL JOINT AND TIE.

No. 496,218. PatentedAprfz, 189s.

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COMBINED RAILJOINT AND TIE.

No. 496,218. f i Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. CALDWELL AND FREDERICK H. HEATH, OF MINNEAPOLIS,

MINNESOTA, ASSIGNORS TO THE HEATI-I RAIL JOINT COMPANY, O

WATERLOO, IOWA.

COMBINED yRAIL-JOINT AND TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 496,218, dated April25, 1893.

Application filed April 18, 1892. Serial No. 429,519. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD P. CALD- WELL and FREDERICK H. HEATH, ofMinneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Combined Rail-Joint and Tie, of which thefollowing is a specification. i

Our invention relates to a combined integral rail joint and cross tie bymeans of which the rails may be rmly and durably supported.

The object of the invention isto provide a more solid, permanent anddurable strengthener and support for rail joints than it has heretoforebeen possible to give by the use of the ordinary wooden ties and theseparate rail joints arranged thereon.

To this end the invention consists in the combination with a tie or railplate upon which the rails are adapted to rest, of ties arranged on theunder side of said plate and formed integrally therewith; in metal tiesof a particular construction; in an angle bar, and brace formed on theupper side of said tie plate and means for clamping the rails on theplate and ties all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in whichcv Figure 1 is a view of the railequipped with device embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan viewthereof, the threads of the rails being broken away to more clearly showthe construction of the joint. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on theline -x of Fig. 2 andv Fig. 4 :is a partial plan view from beneathshowing the construction of the tie. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan viewsshowing the manner of connecting opposite cross ties. Fig. 7 is an endview of the tie.

As shown in the drawings, 2,2 represent the metal box ties having thesolid tops, sides and ends and the open lower sides through which thedirt or ballast of the roadbed en.

ters each box tie and completely fills the saine. The small openings 3are provided in the upper end or side wall of l each tie for the outletof water, which will be driven from between the top of the ground andthe under sides of the ties by the depression due to the surface iiushwith their tops and strengthened by the central rib 5, both plate or ribor truss, being integral with the ties. This rib and the middle part ofthe plate are further strengthened by the lateral trusses 6, four innumber.

An opening 7 is left in truss 5 between the middle ribs 6 for the boltof the rail clamp which latter clamp is made lup of the two blocks 9having the internal inclined walls l0 adapted to engage the top of therail base and the downwardly inclined lower edges 12 of the transverseribs or trusses 6'. The bolt 13, -one or more may be used,- extendsthrough one block and thence underneath the rail plate 4, through theopening 7, and through the other block 9 both blocks being firmly wedgedvupon the rails in place by the tightening of the nut 14. on thethreaded end 15 of the bolt. The rail plate is strengthened on its upperside by the truss angle bar or brace formed at one edge of the plate andextending nearly the full length thereof together with the tops of theties. The inwardly is raised to such a height that it does not enl gagethe flange or base of the rail, and the middle part thereof is raisedstill higherthan the ends having the upwardly and inwardly inclinedparts 17 and the level top 18. In the vertical part 16 we provide theslot or opening 2O to receive the upperv edge of the rail clamp 9, (seeFigs. 1 and 3.) This c011- struction constitutes a very strong andreliable truss over the points Where the rail would naturally beweakest, thereby preventing any bending or breaking of the plate at suchpoints. The angle bar is completed by the vertical portion 21 having itsinner surface grooved or hollowed as shown at 22 in Fig. 3, to make thetwo lone bearing edges 23 adapted to engage the outer side of the railweb or webs 24. The upper edge of the an gle bar does not in any wayengage the tread or head of the rail. On the opposite side of the railis a separable angle bar 25 bowed outwardly along the middle and havingthe an` gle foot or fiange 26 to engage the rail base and to be engagedby the upper part of the clamping block on that side "of the device. Theupper edge of the separable bar is beveled to engage the under sideofthe rail tread.

As shown bolt holes are made in both the vertical parts of the separableand integral angle bars and a larger one in the rail web or webs. Theseholes are preferably four in number and short bolts 27 project throughthe same and are fastened on the face of the integral angle bar by thenuts 2S. The holes in the webs of the rails are made larger than thebolts so that sufficient room is left for expansion and contraction ofthe rails, while at the same time any creeping of the rails is avoidedby the transverse bolts 27.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the opposite ties and rail joints are gagedand fastened to gether by the rods 30 which extend through holes inopposite ends ot' the short tie boxes and have lixed collars 3l toengage adjacent ends of said ties, thereby gaging the distance betweenthe same. The rods are fastened by then nts orburrs 32 arranged on theirthreaded ends and adapted to engage the outer ends ot' the ties. Atcurves where it is desired to increase the distance between the railswashers 33 may be placed over the rods and between the collars and theends of the ties. The small lugs 35 are preferably arranged upon theinner edge of the tie plate to prevent longitudinal movement of theclamping block Q. The other clamping block is held in place by the endwalls of the slot 20. XVe thus provide in integral form a durable,cheap, and reliable combination rail j oint-rail plate, rail brace andmetallic ties by means of which the rails are firmly supported againstdepression, accurately aligned, braced and secured against eitherlongitudinal or lateral movement.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. Two short metallic ties and a longitudinaltie plate extendingbetween the same and integral therewith, incombination with means for securing the rail or rails thereon.

2. Two short metallic ties, each composed of a deep rectangular boxhaving an open bottom and each provided with water outlet openings atthe top, and a metal longitudinal tie plate extending between the shortties and formed integrally therewith, in combination with means forsecuring the rail or rails thereon.

3. Short metallic ties of the form of rectangulai` boxes with open lowersides and level tops, a tie plate integral therewith and extendingbetween the same, the top of said tie plate being Hush with the top ofsaid boxes and integral trusses formed thereon, in combination withmeans for securing the rail or rails thereon.

4. Metallic box-ties having level tops, atie plate extendingbetween'said ties and in tegral therewith, the top of said plate beingflush with the tops of said ties, and a truss formed integrally with andupon the tops of said plate and ties and projecting upward therefrom, incombination with means for securing the rail or rails thereto,substantially as described.

5. The metal ties, a tie plate formed integrally therewith, astrengthening truss integral with both, in combination with means forsecuring the rail or rails, substantially as described.

6. The metallic ties, a rail or tie plate formed integrally therewith, alongitudinal truss integral with said plate and said ties, transversetrusses formed on the lower side of the rail plate in combination withthe railor rails, clamping blocks, and means for securing the same,substantially as described.

7. The metallic ties, the rail plate formed integrally therewith,dependinglongitudinal and transverse trusses all integral with oneanother, and an integral vertical truss and braceportion formed uponthetops ofsaidplate and ties, in combination with means for securing therail or rails thereon, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. The hollow and deep metallic ties having open bottoms and in theirupper parts openings for the escape ot' water collecting within the tiesabove the earth therein, and a rail plate formed integrally with saidties and longitudinally between the same, substantially as described.

9. The metallic ties, and a rail plate formed integrally therewith andarranged longitudinally between the same, an angle bar or brace formedintegrally on the tops of said ties and plate and consisting of thevertical projection, the inwardly projecting portion and the uprightinner part adapted to engage the web of the rail, in combination withmeans for securing the rail or rails thereto, substantially asdescribed.

10. As an article of manufacture the metal lic ties, the rail plateformed integrally therewith, depending trusses integra-l with both saidparts and depending from the lower side of said plate, the angle bardevice integral with said plate and said ties, and consisting of thevertical projection, the lateral part 16 and an outer part 16',substantially as described.

1l. The metallic ties, the tie plate extending between them, trusses forsaid plate, said parts all formed integrally with one another, and theintegral angle bar truss or IOO IIO

brace formed upon the upper part of the plate and ties, in combinationwith the rail clamps, the separable angle bar having the base flange,and bolts extending through the same, through the web or Webs of therail or rails and through the upright part of the integral angle bar,substantially as described.

12. The combination with the two short metallic ties, of the integralrail, plate extending between the same, the integral angle bar formedthereon on one side of said plate and having the vertical inner part toengage only the rail web or webs, the separable angle bar adapted toengage the opposite side of the rail or rails, and means for fasteningthe same, substantially as described.

13. The hollow metallic ties having the open bottoms and the wateroutlets in their upper parts, theintegral rail plate extendingv `betweenthe ties, the depending trusses thereof, a brace plate formed on the topof said plate, the inwardly inclined part thereof raised above the railbase as described, the grooved vertical part thereof adapted to engagethe rail web or webs, in combination with' the rail clamps, theseparable angle bar and the bolts, all substantially as described andfor the purpose specified.

14. The ties, the integral rail plate extending between the same,integral depending trusses therefor, the vertical projection on theouter edge of said plate and ties, in combination with rail clampingblocks, said projection provided with a slot 20 for the clamping block,the lugs 35 provided on the opposite edge of said plate to hold theother block and bolts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

l5. The combination with a pair of short metallic ties, provided with anintegral tie plate extending between the same, whereon the rail isadapted to rest, of a second pair of ties provided with a similar tieplate to receive the opposite rail of the track, transverse rods 30extending between the opposite ties of said pairs and through the same,said rods provided with shoulders to engage the inner ends of said shortties, and said rods having threaded outer ends and nuts 32 arrangedthereon and engaging the outer ends of said short ties, whereby therails of the track are prevented from spreading, substantially asdescribed.

16. The combination with a pair of metallic ties, and an integral tieplate extending between the same for one rail of the track to rest upon,of a second pair of ties provided with a similar tie plate, transverserods 30 extending through and between opposite ties and provided withshoulders 3l, said rods having threaded outer ends, nuts 32 thereon toengage the outer ends of said ties, and washers 33 arranged on said rodsbetween the inner ends of the ties and said shoulders, substantially asand for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 11th `day ofApril, 1892.

EDWARD P. CALDWELL. FREDERICK I-l. HEATH. In presence of- C. G. HAWLEY,FREDERICK S. LYON.

